E. G. BAKER: DICOTYLEDONES POLYPETALJ. 133 
EkEBERGIA PETITIANA, A. Rich., var. nov. AUSTRALIS; arbor 
cortice nigrescente, foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis s:epissime 
7-9 lanceolatis, basi valde inequilateris, glabris subtus haud 
glaueis ; racemis folio multoties brevioribus ; floribus 
4- vel 5-meris, ealycis dentibus semiovalibus ; petalis 
oblongis obtusis; ovario 2-loculari. 
Hab. Ruchigga. In flower December 1903. 466. 
* Tree with white flowers." 
Distrib. of the type. Abyssinia. 
TRICHILIA EMETICA, Vahl, Symb. i. 31. 
Coast of Victoria Nyanza. Fl. March, 576. 
“Tree with pale yellow flowers.” 
Distrib. Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 
CHAILLETIACER. 
DICHAPETALUM BUVUMENSE, sp. nov. 
Frutex cortice brunneo-lutescente, ramulis novellis puberulis, 
foliis chartaceis, adultis utrinque glabris, oblongis vel 
anguste obovato-oblongis, apice acutis, costa superne 
impressa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8  arcuatim 
adscendentibus, prope marginem arcuatim connectis, 
venis reticulatis ; petiolis brevibus, cinereo-pubescentibus ; 
peduneulis subnullis eymas congestas ferentibus; sepalis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, pubescentibus, apice obtusis; petalis 
quam sepala liplo longioribus, longe cuneiformibus 
usque ad medium bilobis, lobis lineari-oblongis ; stamini- 
bus quam petala longioribus, ovario ovoideo in stylum 
superne tenuem filiformem petala superantem contracto, 
stigmate breviter trifido. 
Hab. Island of Buvüma, Victoria Nyauza. March 1904. 
595. 
Folia 9:0-12:0 em. longa, 3°8-5*2 lata. Petiolus 2-3 mm. 
longus. Sepala +3 mm. louga. Petala angusta, 4°5 mm. 
longa. Stamina + 6 mm. longa. Stylus + 6:5 mm. 
longus. 
Species D. acutifolia, Engler, affinis, differt pedunculis 
brevioribus, foliis longioribus, &c. 
No. 650, also from the Island of Buvüma, may belong to this 
genus, but there are no flowers. 
Dr. Bagshawe notes that the eut surface of the branches give 
out a smell as of sulphuretted hydrogen. 
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